Holocaust Survivor Kristine Keren Testimony | USC Shoah Foundation

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  • @JayveeSonata
    @JayveeSonata7 жыл бұрын

    I am presently reading her book "The Girl in the Green Sweater". It is an extraordinary story - - deeply touching.

  • @denisetaylor-crommett4781
    @denisetaylor-crommett47813 жыл бұрын

    Her Father and Mother were amazing in my opinion.

  • @janetblanc7658

    @janetblanc7658

    Жыл бұрын

    And Kristina too. A little girl protecting her smaller brother. Unbelievable courage.

  • @margaretroselle8610
    @margaretroselle86103 жыл бұрын

    God bless the Jewish nation. Wonderful people who have faced unending persecution. Thank you for this excellent interview.

  • @luckyduck63
    @luckyduck6312 жыл бұрын

    I read with awe her book, "The Girl in the Green Sweater". Kristine Keren is an inspiration and a hero.

  • @MsWobie
    @MsWobie12 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so very much for having the courage to share your story.

  • @jpmd2011
    @jpmd201112 жыл бұрын

    Forever my hero. Kristine Keren, if you ever see this just know that you have inspired me so much!

  • @noracathrine
    @noracathrine2 жыл бұрын

    Wow her father was really amazing and so brave to keep his family alive!!

  • @natashamichelle8330

    @natashamichelle8330

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @sabx345
    @sabx3453 жыл бұрын

    A remarkable and beautiful lady, what strength and role model... Chapeau!

  • @tessadrake824
    @tessadrake8242 жыл бұрын

    What an AMAZING woman. Such a moving story. A testament to the power of the human spirit. I'm so in awe of her father's complete dedication to his family, her own resilience, and Soha's humanity. So much to learn for us all.

  • @Bangirn
    @Bangirn5 жыл бұрын

    What an inspiring woman. There is much learn from listening to her. I particularly like her calling on people not to forget - 'If we will forget, if they will forget, it can happen again'.

  • @candicechristian7344
    @candicechristian73444 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting this amazing , beautiful woman's story. So encouraging, and, heart touching ... ❤❤❤🌹

  • @evytoro1960
    @evytoro196010 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your amazing life story. God bless you!

  • @sheebakitty378

    @sheebakitty378

    7 жыл бұрын

    Evy Toro she didn't remember hardly anything. then she rem odd random details.

  • @mlmbeliever

    @mlmbeliever

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sheebakitty378 we don't remember much from kindergarten. So as she got older she remembered more information.

  • @rondasuzette7611
    @rondasuzette76114 жыл бұрын

    Lovely woman. Silly interviewer didn't listen well. Thank you for your testimony.

  • @elizabethbrown8833

    @elizabethbrown8833

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree. 🙏

  • @lisaottomann2396

    @lisaottomann2396

    Жыл бұрын

    Honestly the interviewer sounded 10 years old… I wish they would just let the person tell there story in an authentic way, not have these unfeeling robotic questions fired at them!

  • @NatalieYOT
    @NatalieYOT3 жыл бұрын

    What an amazing survival story, and also how they overcame all the problems afterwards to go on with life and succeed against all odds is very motivational, thanks for this

  • @silverbreezeRn
    @silverbreezeRn4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your story. I will remember your story always. 😭

  • @patriciasalassbirthdaysala4963
    @patriciasalassbirthdaysala49632 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful woman inside and out. Very smart too!!! Thank you Kristina. May God have you in his Glory, together with all your Jewish brothers and sisters that perished. Please accept my love, respect and admiration. Shalom 🇮🇱🇪🇸

  • @eritain
    @eritain3 жыл бұрын

    I'd guess the interviewer was pretty young at the time. We who have the good fortune not to be schoolchildren anymore can go easy and be grateful for her helping to get this documented.

  • @lorirogers9570

    @lorirogers9570

    2 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer sounded too young for this extensive harrowing interview ! I’d like to read the book These horrific stories are paralleling what’s happening in 2020

  • @gracechristina8869

    @gracechristina8869

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lorirogers9570 are you kidding??? How can anything compare to this

  • @mlmbeliever

    @mlmbeliever

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gracechristina8869 if we aren't careful we'll let ppl continue hailing dictators and autocracies as if nobody can understand what these ppl suffered.

  • @victoriasmith815

    @victoriasmith815

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s what I thought as well , I’m so grateful for the work of the interviewers .

  • @solangeboudreau6467
    @solangeboudreau64673 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for posting these important testimonies.

  • @szyhaPL
    @szyhaPL10 жыл бұрын

    Wysłuchałem prawie cały wywiad. Cieszę się, że ułożyło się Pani życie, ma Pani dzieci i jest szczęśliwa. Życzę dużo zdrowia! Bardzo żałuję, że to wszystko się wydarzyło... Że Polska wygląd inaczej niż przed wojną... I wsytd mi za te wspomniane przypadki antysemityzmu ze strony Polaków.

  • @malky736
    @malky7363 жыл бұрын

    An incredible woman, like so many others who gave their testimonies.They all demonstrate the power of the human spirit. Such a contrast between the evil of the Nazi’s and these glowing beacons of humanity.

  • @timdetmers3240
    @timdetmers32403 жыл бұрын

    I read Kristine's story, and it is an amazing story indeed. Speaks eloquently to the will to survive.

  • @victoriasmith815
    @victoriasmith8152 жыл бұрын

    I was moved by the honesty and courage that was shared, very inspirational. The interviewer is excellent, thought provoking questions and kindness in her voice.

  • @joywisdom6598
    @joywisdom65986 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer really is irritating , but the Survivor is exceptional & beautiful.

  • @NatalieYOT

    @NatalieYOT

    3 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer has to ask a lot of questions because the interviewee gives short answers and then stops

  • @Genevieve4260
    @Genevieve42602 жыл бұрын

    God bless the Keren family....XXOO

  • @nicolenedekker8373
    @nicolenedekker83733 жыл бұрын

    How inspiring! Thank you for sharing your story.

  • @girlpaintyourtoes
    @girlpaintyourtoes2 жыл бұрын

    Someone please make a movie about this! I have listen to many of the stories and I’ve never heard anything quite like this.Unbelievable strength and courage.

  • @karolinakocemba6291

    @karolinakocemba6291

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is one made fairly recent! I realised once this lady mentioned the name of the sewer worker: Socha! It’s called ‘W ciemności’ english ‚In darkness’, directed by Agnieszka Holland. Very good movie, very moving. You might be able to find an English translation as it’s a polish movie.

  • @girlpaintyourtoes

    @girlpaintyourtoes

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@karolinakocemba6291 wow! Ok. I’ll look for it. Thanks!

  • @karolinakocemba6291

    @karolinakocemba6291

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@girlpaintyourtoes 🥰 your welcome

  • @giggie
    @giggie5 жыл бұрын

    They were obviously non religious like many , why does the interviewer keep hounding her to be religious ?

  • @rondobson1828
    @rondobson18283 жыл бұрын

    After listening to many of these interviews and I have to say this one is especially harrowing, particularly with the woman who was pregnant in the sewer. The choices that people had to make during those times were unimaginable and so tragic. There are people in the world today who have a fascist mentality and they need to be taken seriously as a threat to humanity.

  • @anne-marienordin7636
    @anne-marienordin76362 жыл бұрын

    The look in this brave womans eyes tells everything.❤️

  • @monikarobinson8456
    @monikarobinson84566 жыл бұрын

    I’m sorry but the person conducting the interview is beyond annoying. Some questions are so irrelevant, and the breaks between each question are way too long and create an incredibly awkward moments. I applaud the survivor for answering each question, especially the irritating ones.

  • @karolinakocemba6291
    @karolinakocemba62912 жыл бұрын

    There is a movie based on this beautiful lady’s experiences called ‘W ciemności’ english: ‚In Darkness’: a very moving polish movie. Ps. As a polish national, I feel so sorry for the antisemitism that was present in Poland pre, during and post war. I was brought up in a very liberal non religious household and I cannot understand this. I still do not understand why there was so much hatred towards Jewish people post war in Poland… I guess it’s different now: with young generation, like me.

  • @christichristi5481
    @christichristi54812 жыл бұрын

    Amazing story, the part about her grandmother really got me.

  • @teemarie5478
    @teemarie54782 жыл бұрын

    It’s beyond devastating what the Germans did to the Jewish people. It makes me so angry, sad, & so many other feelings 😓 Edit: all these video’s have the most amazing people that were so strong. she is a beautiful woman as well.

  • @femmefatale6132
    @femmefatale61322 жыл бұрын

    Very motivating. A different Story. Thank you 🤗💐

  • @leannmeddings4068
    @leannmeddings40683 жыл бұрын

    She's a beautiful spirit. An amazing person.

  • @noracathrine
    @noracathrine2 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful woman. So sad what they had to live being so little. Terrible situation for a child

  • @femmefatale6132
    @femmefatale61322 жыл бұрын

    Amazing, both ladies

  • @pamcarson1180
    @pamcarson11803 жыл бұрын

    This beautiful woman has a gift with words. I cant believe the details she recalls. The people that spent months and months helping them and risking getting caught doing it. Ugh....... they are so rude when they change tapes.

  • @mesenteria
    @mesenteria3 жыл бұрын

    I have to agree that the interviewers needed more skills-development. They were not active listeners, and did not appear to empathize in the least with the speakers, whose story is presumably so compelling and significant that they are worth hearing in the first place!! Active listeners would have understood the words needed when the tellers are obviously searching for words that, in turn, are rather clear. However, and that aside, it must be that this is a labour of love and respect, and that the interviewers are not paid professionals with considerable training and supervision. So, perhaps we can bite our tongues and just enjoy the fantastic stories and the horror that underlies them so deeply after all these years. Finally, as I type this, it is quite probable that these people are gone. This work is going to be a lasting testament to everything they left behind, loved ones not seen in 50 years or more, neighbours, friends, teachers,....but never their own pain. What I like is that they have retained their dignity despite every unreasonable and execrable attempt to snatch it from them.

  • @dianahrapczak7738

    @dianahrapczak7738

    3 жыл бұрын

    Amen

  • @Starmccarver1
    @Starmccarver111 жыл бұрын

    I watched this movie that was based on this story, amazing! truly amazing! God bless the Jew, The green sweeter I think it was called...amazing!

  • @michelleclark9463
    @michelleclark9463 Жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful couple, Her story really hit my heart. I can't imagine all they had to go through at that young tender age. Thankyou for sharing your story.

  • @fada7903
    @fada79033 ай бұрын

    Such brave parents! What a blessing! However, I can't even imagine such ordeal

  • @Sarah-mc7hn
    @Sarah-mc7hn4 ай бұрын

    She’s beautiful! Handsome husband! Bless them both. ❤️❤️

  • @virtuousmountainwoman
    @virtuousmountainwoman Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I have listened and will be careful to pass on to my child and grandchildren how important it is to keep a nond of love with all people🎉

  • @barbaralivingston1836
    @barbaralivingston18362 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your story. It’s a selfless gift that will inspire for many generations.

  • @anaschieck1883
    @anaschieck18832 жыл бұрын

    Adorei o final, com a declaração de amor que ele fez para ela.

  • @misiasert1348
    @misiasert13482 жыл бұрын

    What a fabulous lady 😍 & her heroic family

  • @jackiejoy1852
    @jackiejoy18524 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @patriciacobos7828
    @patriciacobos78282 жыл бұрын

    Amazing story of survival, family ethics and wonderful loving marriage 💑

  • @MargaretHillsdeZ
    @MargaretHillsdeZ3 жыл бұрын

    From Lvov, Ukraine

  • @glengonzales6991
    @glengonzales6991 Жыл бұрын

    Please interviewer, stop interrupting the witness while she's talking important things

  • @MrCOUNTYCORK
    @MrCOUNTYCORK3 жыл бұрын

    That lady questioning asked so many nonsense and irrelevant questions when the lady was getting into her story, cutting her off all the time but what an amazing story of survival, god bless her and her family

  • @sylvia-maryonlavi7704
    @sylvia-maryonlavi7704 Жыл бұрын

    an extraorinary story and very brave and strong people, they live an example for other never give up.........

  • @electronichome1153
    @electronichome11532 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful lady! I hope she is alive and healthy, and happy after these nightmares!

  • @faithdavis4453
    @faithdavis44534 жыл бұрын

    I couldn't watch all of this interview. The interviewee was asking the most ridiculous irrelevant questions. This lady is stunning.

  • @koogle5410

    @koogle5410

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree… had to stop watching lots of these testimonies due to infuriating interviewers. so sad

  • @giggie
    @giggie5 жыл бұрын

    That’s something that people must understand , most of these people were regular nationals ... the Nazis and locals made them “Jewish” and “different “ there is no difference among humans ... that’s the sickness ...

  • @mlmbeliever

    @mlmbeliever

    2 жыл бұрын

    The man that helped them in the sewers was a very religious Catholic person who obviously felt that we're all part of the human race. There were priests who also falsified baptismal record for Jewish ppl to hopefully keep them iut of danger. There was at least one priest who ended up in a concentration camp so some religious ppl risked their lives to keep others out of danger. We all need to live together and help each other when possible.

  • @patmccarthy
    @patmccarthy Жыл бұрын

    To have such a sense of humour shows the strength of this beautiful person

  • @TrueCrimeSurvivors
    @TrueCrimeSurvivors8 ай бұрын

    The courage and strength her parents possessed to protect their children and each other is truly inspiring. That is the definition of love. ❤ The questions the person who interviewed her were that of ignorance and lack of education, not youth. Believe me, well younger than she, I would have never ever asked, "Were you hopeful that the Germans would lose the war?" Oh, no, we hoped they would win so we would be gassed and then burned in a crematorium. What kind of question is that? Why did she think they lived in a sewer for 14 months? Oh, and the question about the rats. Did she think the kids were playing with stuffed animal rats in the sewer? Did the interviewer fill in for somebody who was sick that day and did not know a thing about WWII and the Holocaust? Ugh. This lady was very gracious, more than I, and did not insult the woman interviewing her. She was raised very well.

  • @madhudean769
    @madhudean7692 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer was hopeless

  • @corysbeehive
    @corysbeehive Жыл бұрын

    God bless this woman and her family.

  • @teresaproano7984
    @teresaproano79848 ай бұрын

    What an incredible story of life and death. Blessings to you and your family.

  • @Somelady464
    @Somelady464 Жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful woman!

  • @kaszup1
    @kaszup19 жыл бұрын

    Kristine Keren said here that they had lived in Kopernika 14 in Lwów . In Polish version she said that it was Kopernika 12 . Needs to be clarified

  • @raeannaroylance5401
    @raeannaroylance54013 жыл бұрын

    When they kiss at the end❤️

  • @gyorgyakos9618
    @gyorgyakos96183 жыл бұрын

    I heard about 20 interviews. This is the worst interviewer, although there were many bad ones. This stroy is exceptional. So is the lady who tells it, and her father who seved 11 lives!

  • @carolwaldon8526
    @carolwaldon85268 ай бұрын

    You have to invest in ear pods for these testimonies the volume is awful.

  • @io7161
    @io71613 ай бұрын

    Such incredible and touching story, the strength and power of all of them is just a real miracle. A part if it, Just it seems to me that the host are so cold, ? maybe there is special reason for it, ? any way, I can not help to ask myself why.

  • @christinephur9130
    @christinephur91308 ай бұрын

    As always the volume is so low so unable to watch

  • @phyllisfleming7821
    @phyllisfleming78212 жыл бұрын

    Amazing story and a righteous Christian helped their family. I have learned to concentrate on the survivor and ignore the interviewer....

  • @alicjaes2813
    @alicjaes28133 жыл бұрын

    You should probably train better your interviewer. “How others were interfering with rats?” Really? One among many silly questions. Truly amazing story

  • @janetblanc7658
    @janetblanc7658 Жыл бұрын

    The terror those children and adults must have felt when trying to hide from those monsters.

  • @jlcollins7673
    @jlcollins7673 Жыл бұрын

    I feel like the person doing this interview was almost not prepared..... She left very uncomfortable pauses....

  • @MargaretHillsdeZ
    @MargaretHillsdeZ3 жыл бұрын

    The interviewer is driving me mad...

  • @hannahrosa5485
    @hannahrosa54853 жыл бұрын

    A terrible interviewer who doesn't listen. This lady deserves better than that.

  • @SuperMan-xy8ui
    @SuperMan-xy8ui8 ай бұрын

    The leading photo shows all the necessary spelling, typed. The same thing is shown in handwriting, then it’s verbally spelled out on film, it’s redundant.

  • @geafcrm
    @geafcrm3 жыл бұрын

    I agree with the others. Brave woman but the interviewer wasn’t listening!!!

  • @gfitz6001
    @gfitz60012 жыл бұрын

    I cannot watch. 😢

  • @margaretmaged2584
    @margaretmaged2584 Жыл бұрын

    I think it was movie In darkness I remember the name Socha the polish sewer guy

  • @queenbeedat8726
    @queenbeedat87264 жыл бұрын

    This interviewer is very insensitive, almost rude. Definitely annoying. This poor woman and her family... like many other families. I hope to God we stop hating and realize we are all brothers and sisters. Very very sad about the baby 😢

  • @yorktown2203
    @yorktown22032 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful lady, the interviewer was what, 10 years old ? I can’t suffer through the interview.

  • @paperchain1239
    @paperchain12393 жыл бұрын

    It's amazing how this deeply courageous woman is treated so disrespectfully by this interviewer.

  • @koogle5410
    @koogle54102 жыл бұрын

    some of these questions are ridiculous.. so obvious the interviewer has experienced zero hardship. Zero empathy. What a string and elgant person KK is, so dignified.

  • @jagust1613
    @jagust16133 жыл бұрын

    "What did you dream about?" ??What is wrong with this interviewer?

  • @crochethappy3786
    @crochethappy37862 жыл бұрын

    In the movie, it appears that her grandfather had the money and the hidden jewelry in the graveyard to pay off the man who helped them. . Can anyone confirm whether this is true?

  • @Alina_yt.729
    @Alina_yt.729Ай бұрын

    And now those stories making in gaza for future generations

  • @lenamesis3015
    @lenamesis3015 Жыл бұрын

    My heart cries for God's chosen people. These interviews should be part of every history class around the world. I pray this will never happen again. But you know this is happening in communist countries. Stay close to God!!!

  • @MrEdkern
    @MrEdkern11 ай бұрын

    She is a very pretty woman.

  • @dontwantthisacount
    @dontwantthisacount12 жыл бұрын

    First honest account iive heard yet

  • @mizztia5303
    @mizztia5303 Жыл бұрын

    I was about to say could the baby have benn given to the sewer worker but then it was too late

  • @tinasmith770
    @tinasmith7703 жыл бұрын

    This interviewer sounds like a young child..shes driving me koo koo...very un professional

  • @Greencloud8
    @Greencloud85 жыл бұрын

    I apologize that aoc disrespected you all

  • @duttons21
    @duttons2111 жыл бұрын

    The movie is all in Jewish or whatever. There's subtitles.

  • @adambrocklehurst4211

    @adambrocklehurst4211

    11 ай бұрын

    Jewish or whatever? You mean Hebrew or Yiddish?

  • @user-ez8es8gm8q
    @user-ez8es8gm8q2 ай бұрын

    Ужас

  • @carolwaldon8526
    @carolwaldon85268 ай бұрын

    The interviewer sounds like a child.